Microsoft invites grant proposals from academics wishing to make early
use of the shared source ("Rotor") implementations of the Common
Language Infrastructure (CLI) and C# programming language for teaching
or research, and from academics wishing to actively promote the growth
of a community of Rotor users. Around 25 awards are available, in the
region of $10,000 to $20,000 each, for the period June 2002 -
September 2003.